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Vegas, Nevada – The wait is finally over!  The longest reigning light heavyweight champion if UFC history makes his much anticipated return to the octagon tomorrow night as Tito Ortiz squares off with former champion Forrest Griffin.  

The Oritz/Griffin rematch will headline UFC 106 and will also feature a welterweight bout between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Josh Koscheck.

“The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz has not fought since he lost to Lyoto Machida in May of 08.  He’s coming off a successful back surgery and claims to be one hundred percent, but we’ve heard that before.  

Forrest also has had his fair share of obstacles this last year.  Since defeating “Rampage” Jackson for the light heavyweight title, Forrest was beat down by Rashad Evans and embarrassed by Anderson Silva.  

Both fighters are desperate for a victory and desperation usually means an exciting fight.

Tito is world renown for his cardio and wrestling.  Recently he’s stepped up his striking while training with Freddie Roach.  Tito is 34 and I believe has one more title run in the UFC.  

Forrest has taken quite a few beatings in his last fights.  His balls out approach might be taking a toll on his body and head.  To be successful, Forrest should utltilize the same game plan that he used for “Rampage.”  Leg kicks, leg kicks and more leg kicks.  He’ll need to chop Tito’s legs down; slowing down his takedown attempts.

This fight will play out similar to their first fight at UFC 59.  An injured Tito earned a split decision victory over a still “green” Forrest.  This go around, Tito will smash Forrest for the first two rounds while Forrest earns round three.

Tito is back, unanimous decision for my boy!

Fireworks will be going off with a stellar bout between two of the welterweights top contenders.  KO machine Anthony “Rumble” Johnson looks to continue he meteoric ascent up the food chain as he battles Josh Koscheck.

Johnson has been on a tear since dropping a controversial loss to Kevin Burns.  He avenged that loss with a stunning head kick KO and his 4-0 since.

Koscheck has been equally impressive with his latest KO victory over Frank Trigg.  “Kos” is a talented wrestler and his standup improves fight to fight.

Johnson is a monster at 170 and quite honestly might be the most dangerous striker in the whole division.  Both fighters have trained with each other in the past, but they are not friends.  
Koscheck has wanted to fight with someone who will bring the fight and Johnson will be more than willing.

Johnson will take care of business in round one securing “knock out of the night!”

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3) twin brother of former UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is set to make his UFC debut.  He gets a tough test in Luis Cane.

Cane is scary standing up and is nearly undefeated.  His only blemish was a no contest against James Irvin many moons ago.  

Both fighters have fought Sokodjou in the past with Cane knocking him out and Nogueira’s lone KO defeat was due to him.

This fight will a barn burner for sure, but I’m going to with the Pride veteran Nogueira.

“The NY Bad Ass” Phil Baroni is back in the UFC, I’m not sure how this happened, but he’s back.  

Baroni was once a promising fighter but that was years ago.  His record is 13-11 and hasn’t beaten anyone worth mentioning in five years.  He’ll be facing TUF winner Amir Saddollah in welterweight action.

Saddollah lost his UFC debut in a controversial KO to Johnny Hendricks and is hungry to erase that memory.

Saddollah is solid on the ground and should secure a victory if he can stay away from the bombs Baroni will throw for the first minute.

Saddollah wins in round three via submission.

Event: UFC 106
Date: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

Main event:

205 lbs.: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin

Main card (Televised):

170 lbs.: Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck
205 lbs.: Luis Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
170 lbs.: Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
170 lbs.: Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyanv CANCLED

Under card (May not be broadcast):

170 lbs.: Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
170 lbs.: Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
170 lbs.: Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson
155 lbs.: Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno
155 lbs.: George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent

Make sure to tune in on Monday for Pro MMA Radio’s recap of WEC 44 with the promotion’s GM, Reed Harris. We’ll also have a full recap of UFC 106 with Yahoo MMA Blogger Steve Cofield.

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José Aldo became the new WEC Featherweight Champion with a dominant performance over Mike Brown that culminated in a second round TKO finish. Aldo, a lightning fast, dynamic striker showed that he is a much more well rounded fighter than people may have thought with phenomenal takedown defense and a calm, cool demeanor that you would expect him someone 10 years senior to the 23-year-old Brazilian.

In a fight that could very well have title implications at some point down the road, Manny Gamburyan scored a unanimous decision victory over fellow contender Leonard Garcia in a bout that Manny controlled with a strong ground game and solid striking. Depending on the outcome of Faber vs. Assuncao in January, don’t be surprised to see Manny in the title discussion sooner rather than later.

WEC newcomer Karen Darabedyan beat former WEC lightweight champion "Razor" Rob McCullough, getting a split-decision win in a very close fight. Darabedyan is a training partner of Gamburyan and was very impressive in his debut fight in the WEC, a fight he took on short notice.

It looked like Danny Castillo was narrowly getting the better of Shane Roller until he ended up with Shane on his back seccuring a fight ending choke in the third round. Roller feels he should be getting a title shot in his next WEC appearance. We’ll have to wait and see what matchmaker Sean Shelby and GM Reed Harris think, but this victory definitely moved him one step closer.

In the first Versus-televised bout of the night, Iranian-born Kamal Shalorus showed solid striking that inflicted enough damage on Will Kerr for the referee to step in (a bit prematurely to my eyes) at just 1:26 of the first round.

WEC 44 was yet another great night of fights put on by the organization that houses the best fighters in the world under 145 pounds.

The five fights on the undercard were a good appetizer for the main course that was yet to come.

L.C. Davis rolled to a dominant unanimous decision victory over previously undefeated Diego Nunes. Davis controlled the fight both standing and on the ground and is now 2-0 in the WEC and 15-2 overall.

Cub Swanson bounced back from a vicious 8 second knockout at the hands of new WEC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo (OK, actually it was from a flying knee, not from his hands at all) to finish John Franchi with a guillotine choke in the third round. Swanson was getting the best of Franchi for the bulk of the fight and showed a lot of character in coming back from such a tough loss.

Antonio Banuelos scored a unanimous decision over Kenji Osawa in a slugfest that saw the always exciting take two of the three rounds on all the judges scorecards. Antonio had some starpower in his corner with Chuck Liddell standing by his roomie.

Ricardo Lamas also got back in the win column with a unanimous decision over James Krause, 30-27 on all cards. Lamas got KO’d by Danny Castillo in his last fight and was asking for a rematch after dispensing with Krause, who last fought, and lost to, Cowboy Cerrone.

Frank Gomez and Seth Dikun started the night out with the Greg Jackson trained Gomez scoring a unanimous decision over the WEC first timer Dikun.

Manchester, England – The questionable judging in Mixed Martial Arts continued Saturday night as Randy “The Natural” Couture secured a unanimous decision over Brandon “The Truth” Vera in the main event of UFC 105.

The unanimous decision left much of the record 16,693 fans within the MEN Arena puzzled.

Vera came out quick rocking Couture with a nice combo of punches and kicks.  Couture was able to survive and quickly turned the MMA battle into a wrestling match.  Couture was able to pin Vera against the cage for much of round one and for that reason won the round.

Vera was successful in round two landing some painful kicks to the body and dropped Couture with a knee to his body.  Couture grimaced with pain and fell to the mat.  Round two easily belonged to “The Truth”.

Round three was close as Vera secured a takedown and mounted Couture, but was unable to take advantage.  Couture was able to throw a few flurries at the end which may have proved dividends as all three judges scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Couture.

Vera nearly pulled a “Forrest Griffin” as he stormed out of the cage, but decided not to sprint out like Griffin did.  

Vera’s offense was more damaging and looked unscathed after fifteen minutes with “The Natural”.

I nearly forgot how boring Randy’s fights are at 205lb.  As a larger light heavyweight, Randy is able to out muscle and lay on his opponents instead of striking.  I wish he would have stayed at heavyweight!

Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy earned a welterweight title shot as he defeated Mike “Quick” Swick in the night’s co-main event.

Hardy came to bang and his standup looked impressive as he rocked Swick on numerous occasions.  He also proved his chin was solid as Swick got his licks in as well.  

Hardy is now 4-0 in the UFC and a date with GSP is next.

Michael “The Count” Bisping can return to running his mouth again as he defeated Denis Kang in middleweight action.  

Kang looked impressive in round one as he dropped Bisping with a solid right hand, but was unable to capitalize with any ground and pound.  

Bisping came out in the second round determined as he secured a takedown and landed some punishment of his own.  Kang was unable to recover and the ref stopped the fight at the 4:24 mark of round two.

Matt Brown spoiled the first fight since winning TUF 9 for James Wilkes.  The fight was close entering round three, but Brown was able to escape a tight kimura.  Brown was able to gain top position and he landed some crushing blows that ended the night for Wilkes.  

The fight was stopped at the 2:27 mark of round three.  Brown is a no nonsense fighter and will be a tough fight for anyone.

Fellow TUF 9 winner Ross Pearson was successful in his UFC debut as he punished Aaron Riley for nearly two rounds.

Pearson used a barrage of strikes and knees that bloodied Riley.  One knee in particular opened up the veteran fighter and the he was unable to continue due to doctor stoppage.

  OFFICIAL RESULTS:
• Randy Couture def. Brandon Vera via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Dan Hardy def. Mike Swick via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Michael Bisping def. Denis Kang via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 4:24
• Matt Brown def. James Wilks via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 2:27
• Ross Pearson def. Aaron Riley via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) - Round 2, 4:38
• John Hathaway def. Paul Taylor via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
• Terry Etim def. Shannon Gugerty via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 1:24
• Nick Osipczak def. Matthew Riddle via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 3:53
• Dennis Siver def. Paul Kelly via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 2:53
• Alexander Gustafsson def. Jared Hamman via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 0:41
• Andre Winner def. Rolando Delgado via knockout (punch) - Round 1, 3:22

Manchester, England – Former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Randy “The Natural” Couture returns to the light heavyweight division for the first time since 2006 as he faces Brandon “The Truth” Vera.

Manchester’s MEN arena will witness many of there own do battle tonight as Michael “The Count” Bisping looks to rebound from his devastating UFC 100 knockout loss to Dan Henderson as he faces Denis Kang.  The night’s co-main event will be a welterweight number one contender bout between Mike “Quick” Swick and Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy.

The UFC 105 main card will be aired free on SPIKE TV for us stateside and will start at 8PM ET.  

Randy “Father Time” Couture has had a ton of success in two divisions, but he hasn’t been victorious within the octagon in over two years.  Randy was stellar in defeat to both Brock Lesnar and most recently Minotauro Nogueira.  Facing a three fight losing streak; time had come to switch things up.  

We last saw Randy compete at 205 back in 2006 where he suffered a second round knockout loss at the hands of Chuck Liddell.  He retired that night but came back a year later to dethrone then heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia.  

To claim victory, Randy will also need to return to his strength; wrestling.  He couldn’t out wrestle Brock, he decided to stand with “Big Nog” and he came up short both times.  Vera is somebody he can out muscle and will be able to dictate the fight.  

Vera is a talented muay Thai striker and is finding his stride with in the light heavyweight division.  Since dropping a razor thin split decision to Keith Jardine, Vera is now riding a two fight win streak.  

To be victorious, Vera will need to punish the legs of Couture making it hard for him to shoot for takedowns.  Vera is also well versed in submissions, but Couture is nearly un-submittal as we saw in his last fight against Nogueira.  

This fight will take place wherever Randy wants, He’ll out power Vera and turn this MMA bout into a wrestling match.  

Couture will not taste defeat tonight and may have one more title run in him.  

Randy Couture defeats Brandon Vera by unanimous decision, bank on it!

England’s own “Outlaw” Dan Hardy is 3-0 in the UFC and is quickly becoming a suitor for George St. Pierre’s welterweight championship.  He’ll face his toughest test in Mike “Quick” Swick.  

Since moving down to 170lb Mike Swick has been unstoppable.  He’s 4-0 and his last two victories have been TKO’s.  Swick has found a home in the welterweight division and is ready to stake his claim as champion.  

Swick is all around the better fighter and his thirsty for blood.  Hardy has a knack for getting under the skin of his opponents and it’s no different tonight.  Swick is an angry bull, seeing red and is ready to gore the Englishmen.  

Don’t blink during this fight; Swick will make quick work of Hardy.

Middleweights Michael Bisping and Denis Kang are both in need of a victory to stay relevant in the middleweight title picture.  

Kang fizzled in his UFC debut against Alan Belcher, but bounced back at UFC 97 with a victory over Xavier Foupa-Pokam.  With over forty career fights, Kang is a legit title contender and should be able to humble the cocky Brit.  

Bisping was embarrassed by Dan Henderson in July as he was knocked silly.  Bisping’s mouth hasn’t been running as much lately and he looks to erase that memory with a stellar performance tonight.

I’m going to go with a small upset here.  I like Kang via TKO in round two.  Bisping is a decent fighter, but has little KO power and is no wizard on the ground.  If Kang is mentally prepared, he should have little trouble here.

TUF 9 winners James Wilks and Ross Pearson will also be in action tonight.  

Wilks faces Matt Brown, who is on a two fight win streak.  Brown is relentless and is talented enough to spoil the homecoming for Wilks.  

Pearson faces a tough test as well as he fights Aaron Riley.  Riley is veteran of over forty career fights and is coming off a victory over Shane Nelson.  Riley is a grizzled veteran and look for him to steal this fight from Pearson.

So four Brits are fighting on the main card, can they all taste defeat?  Let’s hope so!

MAIN CARD
• Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
• Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick
• Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
• Matt Brown vs. James Wilks
• Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley
PRELIMINARY CARD
• Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty
• John Hathaway vs. Paul Taylor
• Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle
• Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver
• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
• Roli Delgado vs. Andre Winner

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Los Angeles, California – Yet another robbery was reported in L.A. this past Saturday night, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was robbed of the UFC light heavyweight championship by three insane men.  

Rua punished champion Lyoto Machida for five rounds with a barrage of leg and body kicks in the main event of UFC 104.  It looked like Rua did just enough to slay “The Dragon.”

Or so we thought.

The Staples Center crowd and the millions watching on pay-per-view were all in shock as Bruce Buffer announced that all three judges scored the bout 48-47 in favor of the champion.  
  
Both fighters were patient on the offensive end, as they felt each other out.  Rua opted to give his hands a bit of a rest as his feet did most of the talking.  He pummeled the legs and ribs of Machida leaving beat read welts.  

Machida would land his fair share of punishment, but Rua seemed to land the more devastating blows.  

Well that’s what I saw during the fight.  It was obvious that the judges must have been watching a different fight than the rest of us.  

There’s not much else to say, Rua got robbed and according to Dana White a rematch is already in the works.  

And for those who say, “You have to beat the champ to be the champ,” explain why Rampage Jackson lost his belt to Forrest Griffin?

Moving on…

Heavyweight Phenom Cain Velasquez improved his record to 7-0 with a total destruction of Ben Rothwell in the night’s co-main event.  

Velasquez did everything but rape Rothwell in the first round.  His ground and pound was vicious and he nearly ended the fight in round one.

A gutsy Ben Rothwell held on and was hungry for more punishment.

Velasquez served up more knuckle sandwiches in round two as he secured a single leg takedown.  He pinned Rothwell up against the cage and let loose with crushing blows to the dome.  

Just as Rothwell was about to get up, Referee Steve Mazzagatti put an end to the beatings.  It was just 43 seconds into round two.  Rothwell protested the premature stoppage, but his face told the whole story.

The fight was over and Velasquez is one scary Mexican.

The same old story for Josh Neer and Gleison Tibau played out in their lightweight match.

Neer was unable to defend takedowns and after a stellar first round Tibau gassed.

However Tibau was able to impress the judges in rounds one and three to secure the unanimous decision.  

Neer hand no answer for the strength of Tibau, but was able to land some combinations in round two.  Round three was much like round one as Tibau, running on empty, secured a few takedowns while securing the fight as well.

Joe “Daddy” Stevenson has seemed to have found a new home in New Mexico.  Under the tutelage of Greg Jackson, Stevenson won his second straight fight in the UFC.  

Stevenson out-muscled Spencer Fisher in round one scoring a late takedown.  

Round two was a continuation of round one as Stevenson scored another takedown.  Stevenson had more time to dish out punishment this go around.  

“Daddy” was able to secure side control setting up a crucifix.  With Fisher’s arm trapped, Stevenson landed a plethora of elbows that put an end to the fight with less than minute to go.

Stevenson snapped the three fight win streak of Fisher’s and looks to be back on track.

An overweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson was booed perhaps for the first time in his young career, but it didn’t matter.

As the cage door closed, Johnson let the tiger out of his cage and it straight mauled Yoshiyuki Yoshida.  

After a few warm-up punches, Johnson landed a crushing right hand that put the Japanese welterweight asleep.  Mazzagatti stopped the fight with just 41 ticks off the clock.  

Johnson has been on a tear as of late and I for one can’t wait to see him fight a top five welterweight.  

Pat Barry earned “KO of the night” and “fight of the night” with Antoni Hardonk.
Stefan Struve earned “submission of the night.”

OFFICIAL RESULTS
• Lyoto Machida def. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
• Cain Velasquez def. Ben Rothwell via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 0:58
• Gleison Tibau def. Josh Neer via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Joe Stevenson def. Spencer Fisher via TKO (elbows) - Round 1, 4:03
• Anthony Johnson def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida via kncokout (punch) - Round 1, 0:41
PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS
• Ryan Bader defeats Eric Schafer by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-26, 30-27)
• Pat Barry def. Antoni Hardonk by TKO (punches) - Round 2, 2:30
• Chael Sonnen def. Yushin Okami via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Jorge Rivera def. Rob Kimmons via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 1:53
• Kyle Kingsbury def. Razak Al-Hassan via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Stefan Struve def. Chase Gormley via submission (triangle choke) - Round 1,

Los Angeles, California – The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to “The City of Angels” tonight for UFC 104.  Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida defends his light heavyweight title against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the night’s main event.

If that fight alone doesn’t tickle your fancy; we have a few more for ya.  

Heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Ben Rothwell will duke it out.  Anthony “Rumble” Johnson will be in action, as well as lightweights Josh Neer and Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.  

Since escaping from an air tight triangle choke from my boy Tito Ortiz at UFC 84, Lyoto Machida has been on a knockout spree as he’s knocked out Thiago Silva and most recently Rashad Evans.  

Machida (15-0) captured the light heavyweight title from Evans at UFC 98 and even had Evans doing the “stanky leg” as he knocked him out.  

He’ll get his chance to defend his crown against the 2005 Pride Middleweight grand prix winner “Shogun” Rua.  

Rua has had a rough going since coming to the UFC two years ago.  An embarrassing defeat to Forrest Griffin and then an injury sidelined him for over a year; Shogun looks to be back at one hundred percent.  

He earned his title shot with a decision victory over Mark Coleman and most recently he knocked out Chuck Liddell in April.  

Rua (18-3) is a dangerous striker, but was known early on in his career for an equally impressive ground game.  As aggressive as anyone, it might behoove Rua to tame his aggression.  His former Chute Boxe colleague Thiago Silva used the aggressive approach against Machida and was laid out five minutes in.  

It’ll be interesting to see what kind of game plan Rua brings, but he should go back to his roots and see if he can roll with Machida; if he can get him down.  Machida hasn’t faced a grappler of Rua’s caliber since his fight with BJ Penn many moons ago.

Elusive is the most common adjective to describe the champ.  Entering his eighth fight I’m still not sure if Machida has been hit yet.  

His striking is crisp and fresh, footwork is “Dancing with the Stars” material and his unibrow would make that baby in “The Simpsons” jealous.

What else is there to say?

Machida karate is back and here to stay.  The first round or so will be boring as they feel each other out.  Once round three comes around, Machida will have figured out Rua’s timing and put him to sleep.  

Who’s next for the champ?  

“Big” Ben Rothwell’s (30-6) dream of fighting in the UFC has come true, but the nightmare begins tonight as he faces heavyweight Phenom Cain Velasquez.  

Velasquez dominated Cheick Kongo (6-0) in his last fight and was even rocked on three different occasions.  Velasquez backed up the hype of being big, strong and fast, but also proved that his chin may be made of granite.  

Rothwell’s last big fight was against Andrei Arlovski last July.  He was defeated by the former UFC champ in a gutsy performance.  Arlovski is notorious to have a glass chin and had no trouble shaking off the power punches of Rothwell.  

With that being said, I don’t see Velasquez having much trouble with Rothwell’s striking.  He shook off the blasts from Kongo and Kongo packs more punch than Rothwell ever could.  

Bet the house on Velasquez, as he punishes Rothwell for three rounds.  

The almost always entertaining Josh Neer is back in lightweight action as he faces BJJ ace Gleison Tibau.  

Both fighters are coming off disappointing defeats and jobs may be on the line tonight.  

Neer (25-8-1) is the more well rounded fighter of the two, but was overpowered in his last fight against Kurt Pellegrino.  Tibau (19-6) is big and strong for a lightweight, but his cardio has always come into question.  

If Neer can stay off his back, he should have the edge standing up.  He has the tools to earn a decision victory tonight and should come out on top.

Technique vs. raw talent will be showcased as Japanese judoka Yoshiyuki Yoshida will rumble Anthony Johnson in welterweight action.  

At six feet two inches “Rumble” Johnson (7-2) might be the biggest welterweight in the UFC as he is rumored to cut up to fifty pounds.  He weighed in at 176; five pounds over the 171 lb. weight limit.  

Yoshida (11-3) is much smaller than Johnson and I hope he’s prepared to get bullied during this fight.  Johnson is too solid of a striker to let Yoshida get inside to grapple him.  It’s going to be a short night for the Japanese star.

Johnson via first round head kick.

Guillotine choke specialist Joe Stevenson will open up the PPV card as he faces Spencer “The King” Fisher in lightweight action.

Fisher (23-4) is on a three fight win streak, but it ends tonight as Stevenson out muscles him for three rounds.  

Stevenson (30-10) has switched camps to the Jackson camp in New Mexico and will impose his will on Fisher tonight.  

Stevenson via lay and pray, unanimous decision victory.  

Tune into SpikeTV an hour before the PPV for two preliminary fights.  

UFC 104 – Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
• Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua (light heavyweight title fight)
• Ben Rothwell vs. Cain Velasquez
• Josh Neer vs. Gleison Tibau
• Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson
• Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
• Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
• Patrick Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk
PRELIMINARY CARD (Not televised)
• Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
• Rob Kimmons vs. Jorge Rivera
• Razak Al-Hassan vs. Kyle Kingsbury
• Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley

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Through its sponsorship of the UFC, the XYIENCE brand reaches 420 million households worldwide.  The UFC’s current television distribution allows sponsors like XYIENCE to reach 40 million U.S. households and 380 million households outside the U.S. in over 100 countries and territories, with programming delivered in 20 languages.

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I’m done fighting..Posted by Rampage Jackson on September 22, 2009 at 4:43pm

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The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them. The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my life, so I felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddel even when I clearly stated I wasn’t ready to fight for the belt because the American fans didn’t know me but I took the fight and didn’t complain & after I won the American fans booed me for the first time which changed the way I saw them & it hurt me deeply.

Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion in MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was.

Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest and the fight was very controversial & normally when a fight is that close & controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a couple of instances. Instead they offered me the Vanderlei Silva fight which I gladly accepted even though I know it was a very risky fight for me to take because of all the drama that was happening to me at the time. I fought that fight with a jaw injury and then a couple weeks later Dana called me and asked me to fight Rashad. For the first time I said no, I didn’t want to fight because it was such short notice & I wouldn’t have had a long break between camp. Dana talked me into fighting Rashad anyway but Rashad refused the fight and so I had to fight Jardine as a favor to the UFC instead of getting my belt back (which wasn’t even worth it to me financially).

Then I reinjured my jaw in the fight with Vanderlei & Jardine. Frank Mir gets hurt so they wanted to switch my fight from UFC 100 to the fight Frank couldn’t make it to but I couldn’t fight cause I needed jaw surgury. So they give Machida the fight against Rashad & they told me they want me to coach TUF season 10 against Rashad. That’s why I wanted Rashad to win so bad but when Rashad got knocked out I told them I wanted to fight Machida for the belt but Dana told me if I coach TUF against Rashad that I could fight Machida afterwards cause this was a different type of ultimate fighter show they were doing. After I signed the contract Dana then changes his mind & says I have to fight Rashad & even told me what to say in the press & so my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. After all that I still never complained & I did it all.

Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just a month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid when my parents where still married & it represents the memories I had with my father when we lived together. My dad became an alcohalic & addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got his life back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I would always take care of him in the future & make him proud of me. My dad & I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically doing this for the childhood memories I had spending time in front of the tv with my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because of that & I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up & then after that he went back on the internet & said some bull**** & he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very well last longer than my fighting career. I’m not like Randy Couture. My body has been getting so many different injuries that I wont be able to fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight that long. So I feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so I’m done fighting. I’ve been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don’t pay my bills or put my kids though college. So I’m hanging it up. I’m gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully they’ll follow me to my new career & I will gain more loyal fans along the way. & all you hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy ass! & anybody that don’t like what I just said can come try to kick my ass!

I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was very loyal to them but they didn’t respect my loyalty but I wish the UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide for & thats all that matters to me!

UFC 103 Review

Dallas, Texas – Vitor Belfort’s return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship was phenomenal Saturday night as he made quick work of Rich Franklin.

It took “The Phenom” a little more than three minutes to find the button on Rich Franklin scoring a TKO over the former middleweight champ.  Their 195 pound catch weight fight capped off UFC 103 which took place at the American Airlines Arena.

The fighters felt each other out for the first few minutes before Belfort connected with a left hand knocking down Franklin.  Belfort pounced at a grounded Franklin connecting with a few more shots; the fight was quickly stopped as Franklin went limp.

“I’m here to work,” Belfort said of a potential match-up. “Anderson’s my friend. I like him as a fighter. He’s a great fighter. But if Dana (White) and Frank (Fertitta) decide … I’m an employee and I’m here to fight anyone who steps in the ring.”

Vitor is now in the middleweight title contender talk with the victory.  I wouldn’t mind seeing him face Anderson Silva and have Nate Marquardt and Dan Henderson go toe to toe.

Junior Dos Santos continued his ascent up the heavyweight title ladder as he punished Pride superstar Mirko Cro Cop for two and half rounds.

Dos Santos used an aggressive pace landing punches, knees and elbows from the clinch winning rounds one and two.

Cro Cop continued to back peddle in round three and was unable to get any offense going.  Dos Santos meanwhile kept the pressure on with knees and punches from the clinch and Cro Cop decided he had enough.  

Covering his eye, Cro Cop verbally submitted with just two minutes to go in round three.  Cro Cop hasn’t been the aggressive KO artist that won the Pride open weight grand prix a few years ago.  He didn’t have much success in the octagon with his left head kicks maybe due to the UFC mats, “The mat was slippery like glass. I almost fell down trying to do the left high kick. But I’m not looking for an alibi.”

“Maybe I should’ve quit after I won the open weight grand prix.”
Could this be the last we see of the Croatian?

Meanwhile the skies the limit for Dos Santos who moves to 9-1 in his career, would he fight teammate Antonio Nogueira?

British import Paul “Semtex” Daley was more than impressive against welterweight contender Martin Kampmann knocking him out in the very first round.
The fighters set a torrid pace trading shots until Daley found the button first knocking Kampmann silly.  Kampmann was out on his feet as Daley continued the onslaught.  

Referee Yves Lavigne was right there to stop the fight and the punishment to Kampmann.  Kampmann was angry at the decision, but he was clearly not defending himself.  

“A very just decision,” Daley said of the stoppage. “The referee obviously saw … that his eyes went a couple of times. He was only trying to protect his health. I would have hurt him, so good stoppage.”

A rumored bout with Mike Swick may be next for Daley, Swick was scheduled to fight Kampmann but pulled out due to injury.  The winner of this rumored bout may be next in line for GSP.

Josh Koscheck needed just 85 seconds to send Frank Trigg packing once again from the UFC.  

Koscheck landed a huge right hand sending Trigg down against the cage; he quickly followed it up with more punches.  The fight was stopped shortly after.  An unpleased Trigg quickly bounced to his feet arguing with the ref.  Trigg would later tweet that the decision was justified after watching the tape.

Koscheck made no bones about who he would like to face next, "I know there’s a guy who just signed a new contract, and his name is Matt Hughes," Koscheck said. "I’ve been asking for that one for a long time … but I’ll fight anyone, anytime, anyplace."

For Trigg it’s either another shot in the UFC or retirement as he no longer wants to fight for the smaller organizations.  

Lightweight contender Tyson Griffin found another way to win against Hermes Franca.  Griffin known for his streak of decision victories that spanned over three years knocked out Franca in round two.

Both fighters were booed for the lack of action in round one, but Griffin dropped Franca in round two and finished the fight.

Griffin moves to 7-2 in the UFC while Franca has dropped 3 out 4.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
• Vitor Belfort def. Rich Franklin via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 3:02
• Junior Dos Santos def. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic via submission (verbal) - Round 3, 2:00
• Paul Daley def. Martin Kampmann via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 2:31
• Josh Koscheck def. Frank Trigg via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 1:25
• Tyson Griffin def. Hermes Franca via knockout (punches) - Round 2, 3:26
• Efrain Escudero def. Cole Miller via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 3:36
• Tomasz Drwal def. Drew McFedries via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 1:03
• Jim Miller def. Steve Lopez via TKO (injury) - Round 2, 0:48
• Nick Lentz def. Rafaello Oliveira via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Rick Story def. Brian Foster via submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 2, 1:09
• Eliot Marshall def. Jason Brilz via split decision (30-28, 27-30, 30-27)
• Vladimir Matyushenko def. Igor Pokrajac via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Rafael Dos Anjos def. Rob Emerson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Dallas, Texas – Former champions are set to throw down tonight in the lone star state, as Rich “Ace” Franklin welcomes back “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.  

UFC 103 “Franklin VS Belfort” will be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas and live on pay-per-view starting at 10pm ET.

The co-main event will feature heavyweight superstar Mirko Cro Cop as he attempts to make one last run at UFC gold, rising star Junior Dos Santos will be in his way.  

Former number one welterweight contender Frank Trigg returns to the octagon after a four year absence and will have his hands full as he faces Josh Koscheck.

7/19/2008 marked the second coming of Vitor Belfort as he beat the hell out of Terry Martin at Affliction “Banned.”  He followed up that stunning performance with a brutal knockout at the expense of Matt Lindland.  

Tito Ortiz exclaimed that “Vitor Belfort is back!”

Belfort has seemed to recapture his past form and is indeed back, back at the “big show,” the UFC.

The former heavyweight turned light heavyweight champion is now fighting as a middleweight.  His opponent will be former middleweight title holder Rich “Ace” Franklin as they fight at a catch weight of 195.

Franklin is arguably the most underrated fighter in recent memory.  He’s lost only on four occasions against Lyoto Machida, Dan Henderson and twice to Anderson Silva.  Franklin has his sights set on the light heavyweight division and a possible rematch with Machida.  

Franklin’s strengths have always been his technical striking and ability to stick and move.  What has given his opponents fits in the past is that he’s a southpaw, but he will be facing Belfort who is also a lefty.

Belfort has had the most success coming out aggressive early.  His hands are powerful and fast, not to mention that he was primarily known as BJJ stud early on in his career.  Belfort needs to turn up the heat early on Franklin as Franklin is known to stick and move his away to decision victories.

If Franklin can get out of round one alive, he should be able to secure another decision victory while ruining another contender for Anderson Silva.

Fan favorite Mirko Cro Cop is back in action and is hungry for gold, UFC gold.  He will be facing a fighter equally hungry and equally dangerous in Brazilian Junior Dos Santos.  

Dos Santos, a Team Black House protégé, has been straight nasty since his arrival to the UFC.  TKO victories over Fabricio Werdum and Stefan Struve have landed him his biggest fight to date.  

At 25, Dos Santos is young and mean.  His standup is lethal like Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida while his ground game is reminiscent of the Nogueira’s.  He’s aggressive and that will prove dividends against Cro Cop.

Cro Cop hasn’t performed at a top level since his victory over Josh Barnett back in 2006.  Sure he beat Eddie Sanchez, Hong Man Choi and Mustapha Al Turk, but looked straight scared against Kongo and Alistair Overeem.  

There is no secret that both fighters want to stand and trade.  Cro Cop is easily frustrated when back pedaling, but is always a left head kick away from lights out.  

I would love to see another title run for Cro Cop, but Dos Santos is nasty and his time is now.  Dos Santos wins by decision.

Mirror images will be fighting in welterweight action as oldie but goodie Frank Trigg faces off against his younger counter part Josh Koscheck.

Some of you may not remember Frank Trigg; he was the one who gave up his back not once but twice to Matt Hughes in their title fights.  

Well he’s back for one more chance at UFC glory, will he be remembered for being choked out twice by Hughes or do we have a comeback story in the making?

Josh Koscheck wants to end any comeback stories and get back into the title contention at 170.  Koscheck is younger, faster and a better version of Frank Trigg.  Kos will outwrestle the 37 year old and end the fight via rear-naked choke.

Should be an excellent night of fights, you’ll get more bang for your buck for a UFC card than boxing.  

Who’s Mayweather fighting again?  Not Pacman!  

Watch the UFC!

Spike will be airing someundercard fights one hour before the pay-per-view.

MAIN CARD (pay-per-view)
• Vitor Belfort vs. Rich Franklin
• Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
• Paul Daley vs. Martin Kampmann
• Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
• Hermes Franca vs. Tyson Griffin
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
• Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
• Tomasz Drwal vs. Drew McFedries
PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)
• Steve Lopez vs. Jim Miller
• Nick Lentz vs. Rafaello Oliveira
• Brian Foster vs. Rick Story
• Jason Brilz vs. Eliot Marshall
• Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac
• Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rob Emerson

UFC 103 tomorrow night, preview will be up soon.

Main event:

195 lbs.: Rich “Ace” Franklin (195) vs. Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort (196.25*)

Main card (Televised on PPV):

265 lbs.: Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos (236) vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (226)
170 lbs.: Martin “Hitman” Kampmann (169.5) vs. Paul “Semtex” Daley (170)
170 lbs.: Josh “Kos” Koscheck (170) vs. Frank “Twinkle Toes” Trigg (170.25)
155 lbs.: Hermes Franca (159**) vs. Tyson Griffin (155.5)

Under card (Partially televised on Spike TV):

155 lbs.: Efrain “Hecho en Mexico” Escudero (157***) vs. Cole “Magrino” Miller (155)
155 lbs.: Jim Miller (154.5) vs. Steve Lopez (154.5)
155 lbs.: Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira (155.25) vs. Nick “The Carnie” Lentz (155)
170 lbs.: Brian Foster (170.75) vs. Rick Story (170)
185 lbs.: Tomasz “The Gorilla” Drwal (185) vs. Drew “The Massacre” McFedries (185.25)
205 lbs.: Eliot “The Fire” Marshall (204.75) vs. Jason Brilz (205.25)?
205 lbs.: Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko (205) vs. Igor Pokrajac (203)
155 lbs.: Rafael dos Anjos (155.5) vs. Rob “The Saint” Emerson (155.5)

Props to John Morgan at MMAJUNKIE.COM.

DALLAS – UFC light heavyweight superstar Quinton "Rampage" Jackson’s decision to forego a December bout with Rashad Evans has resulted in a series of headaches for UFC brass.

Rescheduling main events and shuffling fight locations may seem troubling enough, but today White admitted he was forced to scrap plans for a potential third event in November based on Jackson’s decision to take a role as B.A. Baracus in a feature film version of "The A-Team."

"Thanks to [expletive] B.A. Baracus, I couldn’t [expletive] pull it off," White said. "B.A. [expletive] me. The collateral damage that was done by him doing this thing was unbelievable."

That revelation comes at a particularly interesting time when paired with today’s Strikeforce announcement that the organization will host an event on CBS on Nov. 7 – the rumored date of the now-scrapped UFC event – that will feature top heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko.

But White said the loss of a counter-programming option is but one of the effects of Jackson’s Hollywood aspirations.

With Jackson withdrawing from a planned December bout with opposing "The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights" coach Evans – a bout that was scheduled to take place in "Rampage’s" hometown of Memphis, Tenn. – White was forced to schedule a B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez bout in the main event of the as-yet-unannounced UFC 107 event.

White said that switch forced a domino effect for the organization’s remaining 2009 events.

"You have no idea how much collateral damage was done by [Jackson] pulling out of this thing," White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "It literally screwed up the rest of our year. We’ve got B.J. Penn fighting in Memphis, you know what I mean?"

White said he thought he had talked "Rampage" out of doing the movie, but the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.

"What happens is, [Jackson] calls up and says he’s doing this movie. I said, ‘No, you’re not. You’re going to fight Rashad in December. You do whatever you want to do after this fight. You want to retire and become an actor? You want to join the monastery? I don’t care what you do after this fight, but ‘Rampage,’ you’re going to fight this fight.’

"He said, ‘OK.’ Then he had his manager fly in from England and met me at the hangar before I was leaving to go out of town to tell me that he wasn’t going to (fight Evans). [Rampage] and I haven’t talked since."

While many MMA observers have wondered aloud how White could allow Jackson to walk away from the fight, the UFC exec said his hands were tied.

"You can’t make anybody fight," White said. "I can’t force anybody to fight. You don’t want to fight, then you’re not going to fight. And you don’t want a guy going into it whose head isn’t in to fighting, anyway.

"If you’d rather be on the set of ‘The A-Team,’ then you definitely don’t belong in the octagon."

White admits Jackson’s decision has caused a rift between the two.

"I feel like he [expletive] me," White said. "I’m not even talking to ‘Rampage.’ I’m really, really upset with ‘Rampage.’"

One more victim of the collateral damage was original opponent Evans. White said he’s simply not sure what the next move for "Sugar" will be.

"[Evans] is really messed up over this whole thing," White said. "He wants to fight ‘Rampage.’

"When you get your mind set that this is who you’re going to fight – he’s bummed out about it. I think he’s going to need a little recovery time before we decide if he’s fighting ‘Rampage’ or somebody else."

Oklahoma City, OK – Melvin Guillard looked to be on his way to upsetting Nate Diaz Wednesday night in the main event of Ultimate Fight Night 19, but made one critical mistake and was forced into submission.  

The main event capped off a night of stellar fights which aired free on Spike TV and 7,500 fans filled the Cox Convention Center.

Guillard looked impressive in round one knocking down Diaz with a big right hand and taking the Stockton native down with ease.  

Round two was a different story.

A mistake that has plagued Guillard on more than one occasion reared its ugly head once again.  Guillard succeeded on a takedown of Diaz, but gave up his neck doing so.  Diaz secured an air tight guillotine choke and Guillard tapped moments later 2:13 of round two.

With the victory, Diaz snapped a two-fight losing streak and snapped Guillard’s three fight winning streak.  

Sports Illustrated cover boy Roger Huerta appeared to have no ring rust in his co-main event fight against Gray Maynard.  

Huerta took control of the fight early on with his stand up and takedown defense.  Maynard was unable to get any offense going in round one, but turned it on in rounds two and three earning a split decision victory.

For whatever reason, Maynard waited till the last round to apply his wrestling skills taking Huerta down.  Maynard worked for kimura late in round three nearly ripping Huerta’s shoulder out of his skin.  I nearly tossed my cookies at the sight of Huerta’s shoulder coming out of his skin.  Huerta toughed it out, but was unable to get back to his feet losing the round to Maynard.

The judges awarded Maynard the fight with scores of 28-29, 30-27 and 30-27.

The victory moves Maynard, now 8-0 overall, even deeper into title contention. Huerta, meanwhile, drops to 20-3-1 with the first back-to-back losses of his career

Huerta still received a lot of love from the fans despite his plans to pursue his Hollywood dreams instead of UFC glory.  Good luck Roger and hope to see you soon, back in the Octagon.

Jake Ellenberger was impressive in his UFC debut, but fell a tad short to former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit in a split decision loss.

Ellenberger dominated Condit every second of round one nearly ending the fight on numerous occasions.  You have to give credit to the ref, who was spot on during this fight.  Condit was in trouble, but the ref had sense enough to know that he wasn’t in too much trouble, to stop the fight prematurely.  

Condit was the better conditioned fighter and took control of rounds two and three earning a split decision victory.  The scores were of 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28 in favor of Condit.

Condit earned his first career victory in the UFC, while Ellenberger’s four-fight win streak was cut short.

The first televised bout of the evening was off the hook as Nate Quarry and Tim Credeur beat the hell out of each other for three entertaining rounds.  

Credeur’s stand-up, which was shocking in his last fights, improved greatly as he pummeled Quarry in round one.  He was able to drop Quarry once and lumped him up under his right eye.

Quarry turned up the heat in rounds two and three dominating the stand-up, dropping Credeur on numerous occasions.  To Credeur’s credit, he peppered Quarry but couldn’t match his power.

Quarry used his ground and pound to neutralize the brilliant ground game of Credeur and did enough to secure a unanimous decision victory.  The scores were 29-28, 29-27, 29-28.

All the fights were great, but this one earned top honors as “fight of the night.”

Diaz earned a Submission of the Night bonus, Stephens earned the night’s Knockout of the Night award, and Quarry and Credeur won Fight of the Night honors for their performances,

OFFICIAL RESULTS
• Nate Diaz def. Melvin Guillard via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 2:13
• Gray Maynard def. Roger Huerta via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)
• Carlos Condit def. Jake Ellenberger via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Nate Quarry def. Tim Credeur via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)
• Brian Stann def. Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Mike Pyle def. Chris Wilson via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 3, 2:15
• C.B. Dollaway def. Jay Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Jeremy Stephens def. Justin Buchholz via TKO (doctor’s stoppage, cut) - Round 1, 3:23
• Mike Pierce def. Brock Larson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Ryan Jensen def. Steve Steinbeiss via technical submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 3:56